self-serving
英 [ˌself ˈsɜːvɪŋ]
美 [ˌself ˈsɜːrvɪŋ]
adj. 只为个人打算的; 一心谋私利的
牛津词典
adj.
- 只为个人打算的;一心谋私利的
interested only in gaining an advantage for yourself
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 只为个人打算的;一心谋私利的
If you describe someone asself-serving, you are critical of them because they are only interested in what they can get for themselves.- They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
他们暗示说我之所以提议改革是贪图金钱,想谋取私利。 - ...corrupt, self-serving politicians.
贪污腐败、一心谋私利的政治家们
- They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
英英释义
adj
- interested only in yourself
双语例句
- It has evolved into a self-serving elite; conspicuously, it has no base among the masses.
党已经演变成一个服务于自身利益的精英集团,明显没有群众基础。 - To some, these arguments might sound self-serving, if not a throwback to old Reagan-era free-market views.
在一些人看来,上述观点就算不是朝着里根时代旧自由市场观点的倒退,可能也有自私之嫌。 - But it has no monopoly on self-serving policies.
但施行自私自利政策的国家并非只有它一个。 - They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
他们暗示说我之所以提议改革是贪图金钱,想谋取私利。 - Mr. Perry acknowledges that his notes were cordial but may have sounded too self-serving.
佩里承认他发送的信息都挺诚恳的,但可能听起来有点自私。 - Some of these complaints are self-serving.
其中一些抱怨只考虑了自身的利益。 - Blatant self-serving agendas may cast doubt on one's trustworthiness.
公然的“利己安排”也许会让别人对你的可信度产生怀疑。 - When things go well, the self-serving attribution bias, we'll credit ourselves.
当事情顺利时,自我服务归因偏向,我们就会觉得是自己能干。 - In reality, everyone has self-serving agendas, but it is the level of harm to others that determines the level of trust in that person.
事实上,每个人都有自己的“计划安排”,但是决定对一个人信任程度大小的是对别人的造成伤害程度。 - Anyone wanting companies run by a self-serving, self-recruiting cabal could hardly improve on this incestuous system.
任何希望公司由一个自私自利、中饱私囊的阴谋集团来经营的人,都几乎不可能改进这种朋比为奸的体系。